Demonstrations at Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018

Demonstrations at Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018

Here are the video sneak peeks from expo floor at Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018 in San Francisco.  The Expo featured segments from Continental presenting its Intelligent Intersection Technology, Velodyne Lidar sharing its advances in sensor technology that provides realtime 3D data, and from the educational side, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Virginia Transportation Institute focusing on the infusion of technology into transportation and the role of research agencies in the process. ...

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Secretary of Transportation Talks about Self Driving Technology at AVS 2018

Secretary of Transportation Talks about Self Driving Technology at AVS 2018

At the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018 that was held July 9-12 in San Francisco Elaine Chao, the US Secretary of Transportation presented her remarks and observations on Self Driving Technology. Her talk included discussion of the challenges in gaining the public trust for such technologies as they are implemented.  She continued with mentioning the related process of adopting driver assistance technology and the insights gained as a result of the Department's communication with key stakeholders in this area.  The full...

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Doug Jones receives Lifetime Achievement Award at CIFF

Doug Jones receives Lifetime Achievement Award at CIFF

After pulling off an all-nighter on the set of the popular TV series “Star Trek – Discovery” in his role as Commander Saru, actor Doug Jones was scheduled to fly the next morning from Toronto to San Francisco to be honored and presented onstage with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the California Independent Film Festival. Not bad for an guy who has been unrecognizable to most of the public since he is usually behind  layers and layers of prosthetic makeup in the majority of his roles, but has become a Hollywood icon for over...

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Shure sounds like paradise:  The KSE1200 Electrostatic Earphone System

Shure sounds like paradise: The KSE1200 Electrostatic Earphone System

Most consumers who listen to music through their personal devices don’t hear much of the nuance and detail that was meticulously crafted and constructed during the recording process in the studios.  Sure, they “listen” to their music through their headsets and enjoy it enough to sing and keep listening to it, but they really don’t “hear” the highly detailed and immersive sounds which recording engineers have meticulously captured. There is quite a lot lost during the journey from that was faithfully recorded initially in the music...

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